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DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—The "Tobacco 21" push to get city councils in Detroit Lakes, Frazee and Perham to raise the tobacco-sale age to 21 is part of a nationwide effort to prevent young people from getting hooked on tobacco.

A preview of the upcoming public hearings on raising the tobacco-purchase age to 21 was provided by the Mankato-North Mankato Intergovernmental Committee Tuesday night. "As far as I'm concerned we're doing social engineering," said North Mankato Council

The "Tobacco 21" push to get city councils in Detroit Lakes, Frazee and Perham to raise the tobacco-sale age to 21 is part of a nationwide effort to prevent young people from getting hooked on tobacco. Although it's been tough sledding in Minnesota (the

Against the objection of local convenience-store retailers, the Minneapolis City Council voted Friday to restrict the sale of menthol-flavored tobacco to adults-only stores. In a vote of 10 to 2, council members passed an ordinance restricting the sale o

Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation...thanked the Minneapolis City Council today for restricting the sale of menthol tobacco products to adult-only stores, just like candy- and fruit-flavored tobacco products. Menthol products are popular with young p

City Council voted today to help protect young people’s health by restricting sales of all flavored tobacco products including menthol, mint and wintergreen to tobacco shops and off-sale liquor stores. The regulation on menthol, mint and wintergreen will

This means that the potential sales loss at an average convenience store is so large that there is a real risk that these retail stores will not be able to remain profitable. It is just not economically feasible from a business-model perspective to remai

“This ban on the sale of menthol tobacco products is the last straw for us,” said Clay Lambert, owner of convenience store Metro Petro, during a press conference in the Minneapolis City Hall. “We would like to expand our business into other neighborhoods